Jefferson the Virginian by Dumas Malone
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Dumas Malone's classic six-volume biography"Jefferson and His Time "was awarded the PulitzerPrize in history and became the standard work on Jefferson's life. Volume 1. "Jefferson theVirginian"This first volume explores the early phases ofJefferson's life, from his youth, education, legal career, and ma ...Show more
The Enchanted Places by Christopher Milne
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Now the subject of major Disney film starring Ewan McGregor, this is Christopher Robin in his own words. Millions of readers throughout the world have grown up with the stories and verses of A. A. Milne; have envied Christopher Robin in his enchanted world; laughed at Pooh - a bear of very little brain ...Show more
A Man's Got To Have A Hobby: Long Summers With My Dad by William McINNES
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Evolution's Captain - The Tragic Fate of Robert FitzRoy the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World by Peter Nichols
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The true story of Charles Darwin's voyage aboard the Beagle and the most ironic and melancholy fate of its Captain Robert FitzRoy The early nineteenth century was a heroic age for British maritime exploits. Small naval vessels were sent around the world to make charts, plot the oceans and ease the way f ...Show more
The Other Side of Absence: Discovering My Father's Secrets by Betty O'Neill
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Betty O'Neill grew up knowing very little about her father, Antoni. She knew that he had fled Poland after World World Two, that he had disappeared overnight when she was just an infant, and that his brief reappearance when she was a young adult had been a harrowing, painful ordeal. Fifty-five years ...Show more
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
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'Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything - even die' - Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan. In 1993, after a terrifying an ...Show more
The Life of Francesco Guicciardini by Roberto Ridolfi
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Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Reading Level: very good
This riveting, New York Times bestselling biography illuminates the life of Otto von Bismarck, the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture. Jonathan Steinberg draws heavily on contemporary writings, allowing Bismarck's friends and foes to ...Show more
Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life by Stephen Parker
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Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE | Series: Biography and Autobiography
This first English language biography of Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) in two decades paints a strikingly new picture of one of the twentieth century's most controversial cultural icons. Drawing on letters, diaries and unpublished material, including Brecht's medical records, Parker offers a rich and enthr ...Show more